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TAFT Esq., F. r.. c. 8, birmingham England: A.
\. Talley, columbia, - C.: 4. tsaiilard thomas n.
York; J. knowsley Thornton. Esd. r. n 4 -
London: J. Vet, Berlin.
secretarieS-Drs Georges ApOstoli Paris: lIora-
u' X. Rigelow. washington; Ernesl W Coshinr
A X. Boston; Carl Pawleck, Vienna.
COUNCILLORS. Nathan Alien, A. NJ, IL D. low.
ell Mass: n. Beverly cole. san Francisro. pr0r.
Emlilus {. Dudley, Chicago; Alex. Dunlap SPRING.
Me.i ohio: 4. 4. Erich. Baltimore; Gee JsckS,r N
FISHER, Siug SIM y. u: SIMON Fitch, A. NJ. Han
IAN, y. -: Prof. Geo. T. French. A. NJ, Minnes-
poas; Mm- Gardner, Montreal: Prot. Hiram 1.
S,et, MarNhalltown. Iowa; H. c. GhenL Beiton,
49, lra, seth &. Gordon, Portland Me; las
Srshsin. Charlotte. y. e.; j. Il. Hunter New lurk
TLol. D. Reeves Jackson, A. NJ, Chicago: Prot.
kdMaid W. jerks Detroit: J. ". Jones. Tar0or-
pNe,i \; &; lrof. Willis r. king, Sedalia No; L.
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hlcAac- charleston. :. G.: Prof Edward p Mont
E"'leis, fhiladelphia; ThnS- More-Maddcn. D. X.
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- s,,Shsei . hara, Philadelphia; VIM. " Pot
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MHS'on; Prot stephen "A. wceKs, Portland. NJ. /,
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london; Drs. W. y. Kingston. Montreal: Jas NJ.
Holloway. Louisville; j. W. Hulke. London; j. C.
hEtchinsol, Brooklyn. y. y: n. 5. Lincoln, Wash
lhSton: Win. Macewen, GlaSsGo; Donald Macrea
Couacil Bluffs, Iowa; Donald Mclean, Detroit
{; Mcnamara, London; Thos. G. Morton. Philadel-
phia; Edmund owen. L. X. c. s. London; Waiter
rye, f. Il. C. p. London; W. Dunnett Spanton,
Haniey. England; NJ. Storrs, Hartford; r. Morris
Wo.fenden, London
secretarics-Dr. dudley p. Allen. Cleveland,
ONO; Karl Maybe, Vienna, Austria; j. T. Weist
Richmond, Ind; Arthur IL. Wilson. Boston.
Councli--Drs. r. AndroSs. Mitchell. Oak; H. W.
Auatin N. II. s.; J. Benjamin, Camden y j.: L. III
Bingham, Burlington, VI; Oscar J. Ccskrey Balti-
more; T. A. DuDsmoor, Minneapolis; Edw. Farrer
Halifax, n. s.. Christian Fenger, Chicago; Geo E.
Fenwick, Montreal; II. \. Ishaln, Chicago: W $
JaiilIey, Philadelphia; Mr.. Frederick b. Jessett,
london; DrS. s. d. Mercer, omaha; Truman W
Miller, Chicago; Robt. +. Morris, New YORK: H. H.
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Durs; Alfred NJ: owen Evansville, Ind; L. r. Pill
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va; Proctor Thayer, cleveland. Ohio: Theodore X.
tafick, Jersey City; W. !. Nj. Wainright. Hart
ford. Conn; }. T. Wall Tampa, Fla; w f. West
moreland, Atlanta. Delegate: Prof Leon lie Fort,
Paris.
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over the section de-
voted TO diseases OF the
ear, and for which some
very valuable and inter-
eSiing papers have been
prepared, S. J. Jones,
LID, or Chicago, pre-
sides. Among the Off
GERS are q number OF
distinguished specialists.
The list is as follows:
Vice-preSidentS - DrS.
J. BaratouX, Paris.
France; j. j. X. Duncan
son, Edinburgh; b. T..
Fryer, L. S. a.; Prof. A.
4. g. Guye, Amsterdam,
Holland; b. Loewenberg,
Paris: +. NJ. Pierce
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PATHOLOGY.

The presiding omcer OF
the section OF pathology
Is Prof. A. b. Palmer, OF
Ann Arbor. Mich, an
eminent teacher and phy-
sician. The list OF pa.
pers to be read In this
section Is one that PROM
iseS a most profitable Sc.
ries OF meetings. The
other officers OF the sec
ton are:
Nice-presidents - Drs,
Joseph Coats, Glasgow:
Chas. Creighton, London :
Julius Dreschfleld, Man.
chester, England; An
drew Fleming, Piusburg;
JAS. +. Goodhart, 4. X. {.
r., London; ID. j. Hamil-
ton, Aberdeen, Scotland:
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The proceedings OF the
section devoted TO psy-
Geological medicine and
nervous diseases VIII
have considerable inter-
eSl, even To those who
make no claim 10 profess
sional learning. The
president OF this section
Is DIR. Judson Il. Andrews,
OF Buffalo, srpcrtntcn-
dent OF the New York
state Hospital for the
Insane. and a distin-
gulShed alieniSt. The
other officers are as fol-
lows;
Elce-presidents - Drs.
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Over the section OF
anatomy, Dr.. VIM. II.
PancOast, OF Philadel-
phia, presides. DIR. Pan
coast Is a famous sur
geon. He is professor
OF anatomy in the medt-
dal-chirurgical college,
professor OF clinical sur
gerry in the medical-chi-
rurgical hospital, emeri-
tuS surgeon, Phiiadel-
phia hospital, consult
ing surgeon TO the char
ity hospital, all OF Phila-
delphia, and member of
various learned societies
in this country and Eu-
rope.
The other officers are /:
AfinA gDrnCi1nn n-
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OPUTEALMcL0GS.
DIR. j. j. Chisholm, of

H. u. D.. Slli>llblIii. VI
Baltimore, Is president
OF section NJ. devoted to
opnthalmology. The OFF,
GERS OF the section are:
Nice-pre,idents - Drs.
ChaS. Abadie, Paris: W.
\. Bradley, London; A.W.
Calhoun. Atlanta; Prof.
/. DeWecker, Paris; Prof.
j. III. Hirshberg, Berlin:
+. ID. Keyser, Phiiadel-
pbia; Eiinund Landolt,
Paris: PROF. l.. Mautber,
vienna; p. II. Mules,
Manchester, England;
Henry Power. London;
Dudley $. Reynolds, Lou
isvilie; o.Tweedy, Lon
don; Prof. T.. Warlemont,
prIr.SaIS nn,1ftlpa. prnf
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"A StCtiOu HnUSe prO-
ceedings promises to
have more popular or
general interest than
most OF the others is that
devoted to pubic and in
ternatlonal hygiene. over
which Dir. Jos. Jones, OF
New Orleans, who has
given much study to mat
tiers OF public hygiene,
prestdes.
Vice-presidents - Drs.
Nelson Bell, New York I;
Geo. Buchanan, London;
Chas. &. Byrne, L. 4. A. /;
Prof. Corrado 7. Crudell,
Rome; Richard Ii. Day,
Baton Rouge, La; j. W.
Dupre, Baton Rouge, La;
X X Eny -TeSi,fr-S Hand
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D.
Fredk Goodhart, London; n. Hirschspring. 90.
penhagen: Prof. noiraih, Vienna; Andrnovaln
Judson, New York; Moneorre, no DE- Jan,.rio:
Prof. Avis Monte. Vienna; Jno. Morris RaItl.
more; J. 4. Oliver, Boston; Martin Cay Blacs
oXley, Liverpool; Jules Simon, Paris. Eusl4os
smith, London; Wm. Stephenson, Aberdeen. SCOT.
land: Nicolas Tolmaiochow, kasan Russia;
Alfred NogeL Munchen. Germany: Chas Nest
London; Herman widerhofer, vienna; Oscar
Wyss. Zurich.
Secretaries-Drs Dillon Brown, New York;
Harry CoggcShal, Mt. Vernon. y. y: Luclcn Dam
ransyilie, New York; |. y. Lowest. Louis
Councillors. Wm. 4. Belreld. chicago: Edwd.
IL Bradford. Boston; II. Charlton, Sc, mour, Ind. I;
W. II. Conklin, Canton, Ohio; ". j. Couklln. Day
ton, ohio VIM. II. Doughty, Augusta, Ca; Jos -.
DwAer, New ork; {. ". Earle, Chicago; Nm. II.
hagEard Nashville; VI. 4. Hatfield, Chicago: j..
A. Hodge, Henderson, ny; ". 4. Holt, Macon Ga.
A. A. horner. Helena, Ark: q. X. Johnson. Grand
EapldS, Mich; h. II. Middlekamp. Marrenton,
Mo-; W. Z. Northrop. New York: John =. Reed
New YORK; ID. IA. Riggs. Selma. Ala; Chas. A.
scale, New York: %. " sherwln, Woodstock, Vt. /;
A. l. Steele, II. Louis; Edwin Walker, ENansVille
ihu.; WIN. T. Watson, Jersey city; Frank T.. Wax
nam, ShSago; Edmund &. Mendt, New York;
Leroy NJ. \ ale, New York
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DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY.
The president OF the

The president or the
section OF dental and oral
surgery is DIR. Jonathan
Taft, a prominent and
successful practitioner Of
Cincinnati. The meet
ingS VIII be interesting.
Connected with the sec
ton Will be an eXhlbi-
ton of appliances at the
Franklin School build
ing. The other officers
OF the section are as FOL
lows:
Vice PreSidents-Drs.
W. w. Airport, Chicago;
5. w. Dennis, san Fran
cisco; c. L. Ford. Ann
Arbor, Mich; Dr. Kuhn,
Paris; w. Bowman Nc
Leod, Edinburgh; A. r.
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GENERAL SvRGERY.

DR.. VIM. I. Briggs, q
distinguished surgeon OF
Nashville, Tenn. is pres
ident OF the section OF
general surgery. I'll c
other officers are as fol-
lows:
Nice-PreSidents Drs.
VIM. Anderson, F.R.C.S.,
London: Richard Bar
well, London r. Bryant,F F.
res, London; Prof. j. ".
X. 1ilanus, Amsterdam;
Alfred Pcarce Gould, Lon
don; Noses Gum. Chica-
go; j. ". Hamilton. CO.
1umDuS, Ohio; Reginald
Harrison, Esq. F. Il. {. $.
Liverpool; Christopher
Heath. Esq, +. l.. {. s..
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4AToLoGY Am nENoGRArHY.

Over the >th-ltpu W
voted 10 medical china
toloSy and denography,
Albert l. Gihon, \. NJ.
Medical Director I. :. y.
presides. DIR. GlhOn, who
l. now stationed IN Cali
iurnia, IL well-l.nown IN
this city. having bad
charge OF The Naval Hos
pital here FOR several
years He was formerly
professor Of che niSirN In
the Philadelphia College
OF Medicine; late vice.
president of the Ameri-
can Medical Association.
and has been president
OF the American Public
Health Association, ana
also OF the American Aca-
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New Haven; Henry r. Lyster, Detroit; VIM. II.
Manaeyalle, New orleans: q. 4. Maxwell, ocala,
Angeles, CAL; c. ID. owen, Eola, La; ". :. Rob
ertson Muscatine, Iowa; W. l. Schenck, Usage
tltS, Kan; c. N. smith, Franklin. Tenn: r. NJ.
SWearengen. Austin. Tex; NJ. h Taylor. L. :. y;
Y. ~ Thornton. Memphis; WIN. VI. Welch, Phila-
9etphia; G. p. WILKINSON, New orleans; oscar {.
De Wolf. Chicago
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The first section, which
looks atterthe interest OF
general medicine at the
International Congress,
is presided over by DR.. A.
b. Arnold, OF the College
OF Physicians and Sur
geOnS OF Baltimore. The
list OF those who submit
papers comprises many
OF the most distinguished
medical practitioners OF
the world. The other
officers OF the section are
as follows:
Vice-PreSidentS -DrS.
Mccall Anderson, Gias-
gov; II. Charlton Bas-
fan T.nOffDn. prQf Chris
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DISEASES or CHILDREN

tne section Is given
over 10 the cousideratian
81 disease. OF chndrpn
ana over this Dr. J.. Lewis
smith, 81 New York. WHO
Is elninent IN his spc,,-
lail4, pntSlie$ MANY q
llie papers 10 b. rcadMiu
nave sp' rial Interest 10
mothers and others WHO
have the care of children.
The other officers ~ Tie
section are a. follows:
Nice-presidents nrA
Henry AShsy. Manchr%
ter, England: ". n. AG
kinson, Philadelphia: A.
Biockadcr, Montreal: ".
ID. Booker, Baltimore: h.
Bouchut, Paris: Mm. IA.
Hay. London: Prof. Al.
ID kspine, ~ MalO; cadet
dc GraSScourt. Paris;
II - I. "a
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Following is list, alphabetically arranged, OF
physicians who have registered az members OF
The International Congress up 10 this morning:
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THE ORGANIZATION OF TIE EIGHTEEN SECTIONS AS
CoMPLFTED-EMINENT PHYSICIANS WHO WILL PRE-
SIDE OVER EACH BoDY-THE FULL LIST OF OFF,
GERS OF THE SECTIONS, &C.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19

Wheat fields Of enormous size arc
found within the Territory there being
one Of not less than 100, 900 acres. On
such n vast domain as this. economy in
labor is everything The nat prairie
land allows Of the most approved me
chanical appliances, and i'm harvest-timc
iunumcrablc rcaping machines are used.
Nothing can DC more startling than 60
sec approaching huge battery, as il
were, Of these reapers, drawn 10y their
three horses yokod abreast. As far as
tho eye can see, over vast frontage. the
line advances, and even at long dis
lance the revolutions Of the blades
Of the mowers can be heard. The
golden wheat falls in huge windows.
sometimes 20 be taken by other machines
and made into shcaves, or to be handled
by the harvestcrs. Mounted "boeses1
ride from point to point and superintcnd
the work. In ploughing, narrowing.
sowing, the best and most approved la
bor-saving implements are used. A Da-
kota wheat farm Of size seems 10 be
rather factory where cereals are TO be
produced than tract Of land dependent
on ordinary agricultural methods. -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19
Experimental YELLOW Fever.


DIR. Carlos Finlay, of Havana, has
published the results of several expert
ments he has made on the inoculability
of yellow fever. He performed the op-
GRAFTON, or rather got 1T performed for
him, 10y. mosquitoes, which he caused
first to sting patient suffering from
yellow fever and shortly afterward a
healthy person who was to be with his
own consent, of course) the subject of
the experiment. He found that the
disease was only inoculable from the
third to the sixth day. When two
mosquitoes were employed, SO that n
double dose was given, the symptoms
of the experimental disease was moro
than when only q single musJuito was
used. Of eleven cases OF incubation.
Six were eil:cacious. one doubtful, and
four negative. The period of incuba-
ton varied from five to fourteen DAYS
the symptoms consisted of headache,
pyreSia, injection, with sometimes an
icteric TINT of the con. unt tiga, and in
some cases albuminuria. The fever
lasted, as in the ordinary form, from
five to twenty-one days. The author
believes that this method of producing
artificial yellow fever will ultimately
be found very valuable as n propby-
Tactic against the natural and danger
GUS form of the disease.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19
Heatino supcrs,ftfous

A ring made of the hinge of coffin
was credited with the power of reliev-
ing cramps, which also received solace
when "A rusty old sword was hung up by
the patients bedside Nails driven into
an oak tree were not cure, but pre-
tentative against toothache. A halter
which had served to hang n criminal
withal when bound round the temples
was found an infalliblc remedy for head
ache. A dead mans hand could dispcl
tumors of the glands by stroking the
parts nine times; but the hand of n man
who had been cut down from the gal
lows tree was, we need to say, remedy
infinitely more efficacious. Some of
these remedies still exist among the
superstitious poor of the provinces, al
though the formula, of course, is not
now strictly adhered TO, the game being
emphatically ''hardly worth the candle
To cure warts, for instance, the best
thing was to steal piece of beef from
the butcher, with which the warts were
W pS iuDpCbi liicT WHICH IL was TO DC
inferred, and rs the process Of decompo-
sition went on the warts would wither
and disappear.
The chips Of n gallows on which sew
eral persons had been hanged, when
worn in a bag around the neck was pro-
nounced an infallblc cure for the ague.
The nightmare, supposed, of course, to
be caused by supernatural agency, was
banishcd by means Of stone with hole
in 1t being suspended at the head of the
sufferers bed. The last remedy went by
the name Of a "hag-stone," because it
prevented the witches, who, of course.
wrought the mischief, from sitting on the
patients stomach. Its effect upon these
mischievous old crones was sin0ularly
deterrent The poor old creatures, who
could not have sat horse the moment
he began to walk, were credited with
riding these animals over the moorland
at headlong speed in the dead of night
when better-disposcd and less risky
people were wrapped in slumbcr. A
''hag stone" tied to the KEY Of the stable
door 1t once put stop 10 these heathen-
ish vagarics. FL Time.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19
BOOTHS CAPTOR.
The Man in Whose Arms Lin
coins Assassin Died.
He Tells the True Story OF
Booths Death and Burial.

Edward p. Doherty, who is now an
Indian trader on the Cheyenne river.
Dakota, held John Wilkes Booth in his
arms when hc died. lie wasin command
OF the company which captured him.
DR. Doherty, the other day, told the
story over to the writer He said:
Il was lieutenant then in charge of
my company, and had been in hot pur-
suit of Booth ever since he rode from
Washington. We knew he was. or had
been in the neighborhood where we cap.
tured him, but had no definite idea where
he was hiding. On the afternoon of
April %, 1865, 1 was riding at the head
OF the few soldiers with me, along
country road, when by chance we met a
person who told us where Booth was hid
ing. We had already left the house five
or six miles in the rear. That night. or
rather next morning about 4 o'clock, we
surrounded the barn where he was con-
ccaled
1t was a kind of tobacco house. and
rather small. OF course he was on the
alert and heard us closing in upon him.
We called upon him to surrender. but he
refused. Some one set fire TO the barn
and l rushed up to the door. Booths
companion came forward and surrendered
to me. At this juncture the soldiers
were closing in rapidly, and none too
soon, for Booth raised his gun to shoot
me when the report of Corbett's ri lie
rang out clear and sharp upon the morn
ing air. The actor fell forward as |
rushed to him and caught him in nv
arms. The ball had penetrated his head
In almost the same spot where he had
shot Lincoln. / lifted him in nv arms
and carried him out of the burning barn.
spoke to him, but the only words he
uttered were: Useless! Useless" /
think he had reference to the surrender
OF his companion and that he meant re-
sistance would be useless. He waved
his right hand when uttering the words
as If he would have his companion leave.
He evidently believed him traitor. He
sank back into my arms unconscious and
shortly afterward died / sewed his
body up in my army blanket and went
with it to Washington. His face was not
badly mutilated as reported, and he was
recognized beyond question as John
Wilkes Booth. His body was not spir-
tied away, but kept a long time in Wash
ington, and finally carried to Baltimore.
1t now lies in a cemetery there.
IL received quite sum of money as
part of the reward offered for his can
turc. Many stories have been written
about the death of Booth, but the bare
details have given you are correct.
could go into minute particulars, but
they would fill columns of your paper and
occupy more time in telling than have
at my disposal now. remember that
night though as if it were yesterday, and
the picture of that burning barn, the
fatal shot and Booths death is vivid
STILL"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19


Microscopic air and liquid bubbles cx
list in many crystals of minerals, no les
than 4, 900, 900 having been estimated ts
have place in a cube of quartz one
twenty-tifth of an inch square.
Photographs of lightning flashes,
which are expected to be Of much i'm.
portance in certain researches, are eager.
ly sought by the council of the Royal
meteorological Society, of London.
Gelatine is the latest adulterant of but
ter BY adding gelatinc, which absorbs
ten times its weight of water, the consis-
tcncy of the butter is retained. and the
water adulteration is not noticeable.
The ST. James Gazette states that DR.
Riegier of Pcsth, has photographed q
bullet after it had been fired from
rife, and while it was flying with the
velocity of a quarter of a mile .
second.
q is now settled that typhoid fever
germs are carried almost wholly in water
and that while freezing does not DESTROY
them, boiling always does. 1t is proved
also, that liberation is wholly ineffective
for the publication of water bearing these
germs, so that the water in a well NAV
be infected from sinks, ETC., at n con-
siderable distance. With these facts
definitely determined it ought to be easy
to reduce the danger of typhoid fever to
minimum by care.
The walls of the Museum of the Arts
and Trades Mt Paris which had bulged
out considerably were drawn in straight
by heating iron bars which had screw
threads cut in the ends, putting them
through the walls and fastening the
screws. As the bars cooled and con.
tracted the walls were Strengthened up.
Wrought iron expands and contracts
with force of about two hundred
pounds per square inch for each de-
gree Fair
The parental love of the spider is very
strong. The female carries, suspended
on her legs, a small bag containing the
eggs, which resemble white glass beads.
III the bag is pushed away with straw
or stick, the creature will make the most
desperate efforts TO recover it. A spider
was once found whose back appeared to
have granulated surface, but closer ex
animation showed that she was entirely
covered with her young. On trying to
shake them off, they attached themselves
to their mother by thread and, on
throwing her to the ground, she re-
manned perfectly quiet until they had all
pulled themselves back by means of their
extemporized cable, and spread them
selves over her body as before.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19
Amateur Drcssmakers.

Amateur drcssmakers have attained n
high degree of perfection in England !;
and both this and professional dress
making has been stimulated by the re-
cent annual cxhil ,tions of practical and
artistic drcssmaking, which have re-
cciycd flattering attention from both
press and public. Some collegc-bred
and wcll-born women ha~e been added
to the ranks of professional dressmakcrs
and are bringing science and art to bear
Ipon dress designing and dressmakine.
The serious purpose in this, and the edu-
,ated taste that is brought to bear upon
it, has already exerted noticeable ef-
feet upon the dress of English women:
and will, i'll time, make them the best
dressed, instead of the worst dressed.
women in the world. Already they are
the only civilized women who dare to be
original.-I Picayunc.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19
Self-NIade Women.

We hear a great deal about self made
men, and II sclf-made woman has com
piled some interesting facts concerning
some women who are we'll known mt the
present time, from which it appears that
some of the most noted began life very
lumbly
Sarah Bernhardt was n dressmaker's
apprentice.
adelaide Nelson began life rs a childs
nurse.
Miss Braddon the novelist, was a
utility actress in the provinces.
Charlotte Cushman was the daughter
IF poor people.
Nell Gwynnc sold oranges in the
streets and theatres. From the pit.
while vending her wares, she took a
fancy for the stage.
Mrs. Langtry is the daughter of
.onntry parson of small means but the
'II story of her face being her fortune
proved true in her case
The great French actress Rachel had as
hard q childhood as ever fell to the lot
Of q genius. Ragged, barefooted and
hungry, She played the tambourine in the
-'rnot~ and sang and begged for n dole.
Naturally she was illiterate and vulgar.
Christine Nilsson was poor Swedish
peasant and ran barefooted in childhood.
jenny Lind, also Swede, was the
laughter of principal of young
Wic- boarding school.
Winnie Hanks father was Germ an
Wd q shoemaker in the most straitened
nnnm,ianccs. Her voice early attracted
.uo attention of one of New York's rich
men, who had it cultivated.
The mother Of Clara Louise Kellogg
strained every nerve to give Clara a
musical education, and at one time was
professional spirit medium. Miss Kel-
' 'alcd three times.
Ihomo~t renowned woman who sprang
'."m lha iowlicst state was Jeanne dare,
who '.d .winc.